NM tree deaths tripled in 2025, due to intense drought and bark beetle proliferation

Intensifying drought and above-average temperatures allowed native bark beetles to run rampant in New Mexico’s forests in 2025, resulting in a tripling of tree mortality over 2024, according to a new report from the New Mexico State Forestry division. The report, based on aerial assessments of more than 14 million acres of forest on tribal, […]

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